Feelings

…The Pew Research Center found that while only 14 percent of Republicans believe all or most of what they read in The New York Times, even among Democrats the figure is only 31 percent. Other major news organizations face the same challenge. The Fox News Channel is considered credible by less than one-third of the Republicans - and an even smaller number of Democrats. Indeed, it's a rare news organization that is trusted by more than one-third of the people in either party: the one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on is that the news media are not trustworthy…

This is one of those “Duh!” moments. Of course we don’t trust them. With the Pentagon using embedded reporters to manage the war news and with the White House putting phony reporters in among the press corps, to ask those easy questions. With the Administration producing TV clips that resemble news stories and that never reveal the real source for the story. What’s to believe?

Remember, the popular media’s job is to remain popular and if that means managing the news…it will happen.

Every once in awhile I feel like the “Lone Cynic” but stories like this make me realize that I have plenty of company.